[LINK] literary agent sues wikipedia and others

[Adam Todd]

Evidently she hasn't learned the art of Public Relations :)

Maybe she needs to hire me for Damage Control and Risk Management :)

At 12:03 04/07/2008, Jan Whitaker wrote:
>http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/free_speech_on_internet_at_iss.html
>
>NJ literary agent fights her online critics
>by Kelly Heyboer/The Star-Ledger
>Sunday June 29, 2008, 11:56 PM
>
>If you believe her website, Barbara Bauer is a veteran literary agent
>who has helped get numerous books by award-winning authors published
>in multiple languages around the world.
>
>If you believe other sites around the internet, Bauer is one of the
>industry's "20 Worst Literary Agents," charging her clients high fees
>for little work.
>
>The Monmouth County literary agent says the websites, blogs and
>YouTube videos slamming her are ruining her reputation and cutting
>into her business. So she is suing a number of sources of online
>criticism in a case that has caught the attention of free-speech
>groups and online activists.
>
>"She's gone after everyone," said James Chadwick, an attorney
>representing Wikipedia, one of the websites named in the lawsuit.
>"She has sued everybody who she can identify who has said anything
>about her on the internet."
>[snip]
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